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NEW ZEALAND: 'Never again' - the public investigation into historical abuse in state care
15/Aug/2018 Publication
How care leavers in New Zealand pushed the government to conduct an independent investigation into the root causes of systemic failings in the country’s care system.
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CHILDREN IN INSTITUTIONS: CRIN's submission for the draft General Comment of the CRPD on article 19
5/Jul/2017 Publication
CRIN's submission on the proposed draft general comment No. 5 by the UN Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD), on article 19 of the Convention.
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COLOMBIA: Preocupación por proyecto de ley que limita adopción a parejas homosexuales
12/Sep/2016 News
El Senado debate un proyecto de ley para la celebración de un referendo que modificaría la constitución, limitando el concepto de familia e impediría la adopción a parejas homosexuales y personas solteras.
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TRAFFICKING: Research points to serious mental health impact on trafficked children
9/Sep/2015 News
Children as young as 10 have attempted suicide or suffered serious mental health problems after being trafficked as sex slaves or forced labourers, researchers said yesterday.
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TAJIKISTAN: Increasing number of children left behind by parents looking for work abroad
13/Apr/2015 News
Many children grow up in orphanages after more and more mothers also leave them in the search for work. 
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UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN: Promising policies and practices from governments
24/Mar/2015 Publication
This report by the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) analyses governmental policies and practices on undocumented children in the European Union.
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ESPAÑA: Luz verde a los proyectos de Infancia que establecerán "nuevo marco de derechos"
1/Mar/2015 News
La reforma de ley afecta a los procedimientos de acogimiento y adopción, la lucha contra la violencia de género, la prevención de abusos sexuales o el derecho de escucha del menor en los procesos judiciales.
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CANADA: Parents of baby who died in foster care upset over lack of information
2/Jan/2015 News
[30 December 2014] - Parents of an Edmonton baby who died last year in foster care say the Alberta government has been...
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